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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
2
One year in advance and eight months in advance options listed for the Diller Record. The notice notes pricing figures and terms for subscription payments and states the newspaper is entered at the Diller Nebraska post office as second class matter.
Harold Dean Allen and editor with Mr and Mrs Alvin Hirsch and four sons traveled from Powhattan Kansas to Fairbury for Labor Day visit. They then visited Mrs Hirsch's parents Mr and Mrs Cavett in Diller before returning home. Early corn unaffected by hail thrives while late plantings show promise, contingent on frost.
The piece notes summer outfits shifting from bare legs to legged or sleeved styles, mentions silk stockings ban as a reason, and records visits by Rev and Mrs Clark from Hubbell and Hopewell guests including Oltman and Harm Oltman. It also corrects a Falls City livestock barn ownership to four partners: W P Searing, Roy Schultis, Corina Wiemers, and Alpha Wiemers.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Gretzinger visited north of Steele City last Friday evening to celebrate Aunt Martha Cavett's birthday. Aunt Martha received several gifts including a cake for not every year, and a hoard of naverpl that brought happiness, while she had tried to forget birthdays for some time.
Ira Anderson and family have moved into the Harm Diekman residence on the southwest acreage. The family settled in just in time for the children to begin the first day of school.
Mr and Mrs Wm Ginthar Jr with daughters Shirley Ann and Beverly Jean and Mrs Max Hill were weekend guests at their mother Ina Hill and sister and family Mr and Mrs E L Mayborn and Kay in Beatrice.
Mr and Mrs Ray Colman with their wife daughter Maxine and grandson Roger visited from Hastings last Friday evening staying overnight with Mr and Mrs Ray Green and Mrs Colman’s mother Mrs Witty. They left for home Saturday morning.
Will Carpenter left Burlington last Thursday for Hemingford Nebraska to stay a week or two with his son Russell Carpenter and family on the farm. He plans to dig potatoes while there though most appear to be spoiled by gravy.
Bruce Weigel requests a mail address change from Waterloo Iowa to 1401 South Gary Place Tulsa Oklahoma. Will Fox took a day off from Burlington tracks and spent time with family while Bill Fox and son Lawrence operated a Ford plow in a garden. Mrs Fox and daughter Evelyn harvested potatoes as Bill observed Labor Day. Serenus Viers and Harold Lottman, working in a Buffalo plane factory, planned a sight seeing trip to New York City, about 350 miles from Buffalo.
Miss Isabel Snyder of Auburn, a Beatrice teacher stricken with polio a year ago, was transported by Harman Johnson ambulance to a Lincoln hospital Monday for electric baths. She is reported slowly improving and now spends part of the time out of the iron lung at the Mennonite hospital.
Last week at the home of Mrs Hiatt's brother in Webster City Iowa several local families shared an evening. Mr and Mrs Cloyd Cully and Mr and Mrs Emil Meyer of Fairbury were guests of Mr and Mrs C W Hiatt on Friday night.
Mr and Mrs C L Waggoner spent three days in Omaha over the weekend as the Mid west trap shoot held sessions during this period.
Will Bond started work at Holle Grocery and was seen sweeping the floor this morning near the back door, handling a broom with steady effort as customers moved through aisles.
Mrs. O. J. Mayborn came home last Thursday after visiting her daughter and son in law Gordon Dick at Glen Rock Wyoming. Mrs. Robert Diller rode with Mr. Diller to Ashland then returned to Diller Saturday evening with her aunt Mrs. W. W. Dean of Yutan Nebraska.
Miss Mary Beckwith who has stayed with her aunt Mary Cassell at Steele City Nebraska will leave Nebraska and make her future home at 1115 Bank Street Webster City Iowa.
Mary Cully and Frank report foot long roasting ears washed from field into an orchard during the June 8 flood. In Dannebrog 18 miles NW of Grand Island an attempted bombing at an American Legion reception caused no casualties. Supt. Ludington and wife, former Dannerbrog teachers, are connected to the incident amid Danish war interest.
The Nebraska State Bar Association launches a program to provide legal representation to military personnel and their dependents. Each county designates a referral lawyer. Geo Skultery of Fairbury is the referral agent for Jefferson County to route requests to capable attorneys.
A large crowd from Diller watched Odell’s fast small town team lose 7 to 0 to the colored Brooklyn Giants in a Labor Day ball game at Odell. The rematch followed a prior meeting at the Odell picnic last month where Odell had won 4 to 3.
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